1 00:00:14,099 --> 00:00:17,359 Welcome to the Lansdale Life Church podcast. 2 00:00:18,399 --> 00:00:24,100 If you're seeking a closer relationship with Jesus Christ, this podcast is for you. 3 00:00:25,020 --> 00:00:27,039 Thank you for joining us today. 4 00:00:35,339 --> 00:00:38,380 So we have chapter 11. 5 00:00:38,979 --> 00:00:44,719 I will go through quickly a summary of verses 1 through 31. 6 00:00:46,100 --> 00:00:52,359 Chapter 11, the Lord's burning judgment and the people's complaint is covered in 1-3. 7 00:00:53,079 --> 00:01:00,579 And again, there is a fire that the Lord sends that consumes the outskirts of the camp and 8 00:01:00,579 --> 00:01:02,020 the people cry out. 9 00:01:02,820 --> 00:01:08,739 And Moses then intercedes and God's wrath is quenched by prayer. 10 00:01:09,099 --> 00:01:15,920 I want you to think about that word, Moses intercedes and God's wrath is quenched by prayer. 11 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:17,400 So we're going to come back to that. 12 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:27,840 Number two in verses 4 through 9, the non-Israelites begin to grumble and stir up confusion within 13 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:33,700 the people and they long for the Egyptian food and they're tired of manna. 14 00:01:33,819 --> 00:01:34,760 I wonder why. 15 00:01:35,459 --> 00:01:42,299 So manna is described as that which is like coriander seed in appearance but tastes like 16 00:01:42,299 --> 00:01:43,680 cakes baked with oil. 17 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:51,420 Well, the Lord gave them an understanding of provision and they got dissatisfied with that. 18 00:01:52,019 --> 00:01:59,099 So Moses' burden and God's delegation of leadership in verses 10 through 17, Moses laments 19 00:01:59,099 --> 00:02:04,200 to the Lord about the wait because he had to lead Israel. 20 00:02:04,780 --> 00:02:09,860 And I would lament to the Lord, too, having covered all the complaints that they have 21 00:02:09,860 --> 00:02:14,800 and the things that they are grumbling about so he's getting tired of carrying that weight. 22 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:19,659 So God commands Moses to gather 70 elders to share his burden. 23 00:02:20,039 --> 00:02:25,099 So the duplication of ministry, a multifaceted ministry. 24 00:02:25,699 --> 00:02:30,900 You know, there is a lot of ministers today that are one and only of themselves but we 25 00:02:30,900 --> 00:02:36,900 will tell you that in the church there is a multifaceted ministry of elders, of support 26 00:02:36,900 --> 00:02:40,340 people that bring strength because of that number. 27 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:42,039 So we'll be discussing that. 28 00:02:42,860 --> 00:02:49,479 And the promise of meet and empowerment of the elders in verses 18 through 24, God provides 29 00:02:49,479 --> 00:02:53,419 meet for a full month until it comes out of your nostrils. 30 00:02:54,319 --> 00:02:55,620 Oh boy, think about that. 31 00:02:56,300 --> 00:03:02,319 70 elders gather and God's Spirit rests on them and they prophesy alongside of Moses. 32 00:03:02,879 --> 00:03:04,039 How wonderful that is. 33 00:03:04,159 --> 00:03:08,000 And we're going to think about that little yellow area there. 34 00:03:08,879 --> 00:03:13,719 Now the next part, 25 through 30, it's the prophecy of Eldad and Medan. 35 00:03:14,319 --> 00:03:19,120 Two elders remain in camp yet receive the Spirit of prophecy. 36 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:25,300 And Joshua objects, remember Joshua always served Moses from young on up. 37 00:03:25,300 --> 00:03:31,939 Moses defends their inclination and their inclusion and desires that all of God's 38 00:03:31,939 --> 00:03:33,560 people to prophesy. 39 00:03:34,020 --> 00:03:43,139 And then last, the quail in wrath and the plague of Chebroth. 40 00:03:43,919 --> 00:03:50,060 Again, the winds bring quail from the sea, the Israelites gorge themselves. 41 00:03:50,639 --> 00:03:56,699 And while the meat is still between their teeth, God's anger strikes with a severe 42 00:03:56,699 --> 00:03:57,099 plague. 43 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:01,759 The place is named Halabas, meaning graves of craving. 44 00:04:02,439 --> 00:04:05,120 And the camp moves on to Hazrat. 45 00:04:05,699 --> 00:04:10,000 And you can see in there, these four areas are the things that we want to touch tonight. 46 00:04:11,199 --> 00:04:15,280 Intercession, leadership in numbers, anointing. 47 00:04:15,379 --> 00:04:18,819 We touched on that the last time we were here, I'll expand on that a little bit. 48 00:04:18,819 --> 00:04:23,540 And the struggles of trust, which I think we all go through in some time or another 49 00:04:23,540 --> 00:04:24,279 in our life. 50 00:04:25,100 --> 00:04:26,939 So let's look at intercession. 51 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:29,939 And intercession matters. 52 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:38,379 It's one of the most, or least rather, talked about elements of Christendom 53 00:04:38,899 --> 00:04:42,439 that I think we have an overall understanding of what the church is. 54 00:04:42,500 --> 00:04:46,579 But I will tell you that prayer and intercession, this is where it begins. 55 00:04:47,219 --> 00:04:49,360 This is where we take care of strongholds. 56 00:04:49,540 --> 00:04:51,139 This is how we bring down resistance. 57 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:55,579 This is how we get closer to God through interceding for people. 58 00:04:56,420 --> 00:04:59,920 So consequently, that intercession is something that matters. 59 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:01,740 By definition, it says this. 60 00:05:02,199 --> 00:05:07,019 It is to go and to act between two parties to reconcile. 61 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:09,779 And that's what intercession is about. 62 00:05:10,300 --> 00:05:13,920 It refers to advocating for another before God. 63 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:17,180 And I know many of you have done that and are doing it. 64 00:05:17,500 --> 00:05:22,800 We place ourselves between someone and God becoming that reconciling link. 65 00:05:23,399 --> 00:05:27,839 And that is a spiritual application where we can do business before the Lord. 66 00:05:28,540 --> 00:05:30,500 And it's not just asking for help. 67 00:05:31,199 --> 00:05:33,980 Lord, help, help, help Janet and help. 68 00:05:34,399 --> 00:05:35,800 And you go down the list. 69 00:05:35,819 --> 00:05:39,240 It's interceding and empathizing for what they're going through. 70 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:41,160 In other words, it's bearing the burden. 71 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:43,660 And that example could be salvation. 72 00:05:44,019 --> 00:05:45,120 It could be healing. 73 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:46,220 It could be deliverance. 74 00:05:46,300 --> 00:05:51,120 It could be financial provision or other human needs that we begin to enter into 75 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:52,480 for our brothers and sisters. 76 00:05:54,379 --> 00:05:59,019 In Numbers 11.1, it says this, that people complain about hardship. 77 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:03,579 So God's anger flares and the fire consumes the outskirts of the temple. 78 00:06:03,779 --> 00:06:05,339 And weren't they scared when God did this? 79 00:06:05,899 --> 00:06:07,480 So what did Moses do? 80 00:06:07,540 --> 00:06:08,379 He didn't run and hide. 81 00:06:09,259 --> 00:06:14,339 He intercedes for the Lord, to the Lord, God, and the fire stops. 82 00:06:15,139 --> 00:06:16,459 So he intercedes. 83 00:06:17,199 --> 00:06:20,339 Another example of this is found in Exodus, which we have covered. 84 00:06:20,759 --> 00:06:21,480 God speaking. 85 00:06:22,379 --> 00:06:23,759 He says this to Moses. 86 00:06:23,899 --> 00:06:28,480 He said, Moses, I have seen how stubborn these people are, and 87 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:31,420 I'm angry enough to destroy them, so don't even stop me. 88 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:35,879 So God has his mind made up in this instance. 89 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:38,500 Think about that. 90 00:06:39,199 --> 00:06:42,379 So Moses, on the other hand, pleads for the Israelites. 91 00:06:43,300 --> 00:06:47,879 And the Lord relented from the harm that he wanted to do. 92 00:06:48,639 --> 00:06:52,040 And then Moses appeals to God's promise and reputation. 93 00:06:52,939 --> 00:06:55,339 And so God basically turns. 94 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:59,720 And Moses had a conversation with God about the Egyptians and 95 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:03,560 the thoughts that they would have of God and his promises. 96 00:07:04,479 --> 00:07:09,959 So the question that I ask you, what does the phrase the Lord 97 00:07:09,959 --> 00:07:13,480 relented mean in the broad sense of terms? 98 00:07:14,100 --> 00:07:14,920 What did he do? 99 00:07:19,519 --> 00:07:21,939 He changed his mind. 100 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:24,800 Does the Lord change his mind? 101 00:07:25,259 --> 00:07:25,639 Yes. 102 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:29,279 You know, he is righteous. 103 00:07:31,220 --> 00:07:34,360 He cannot fellowship with unrighteousness. 104 00:07:35,660 --> 00:07:39,240 But in so many instances, we ask the Lord to come down in that 105 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:42,620 unrighteousness and deal with people, intercede for people. 106 00:07:43,060 --> 00:07:44,800 And he goes beyond that, and he goes and 107 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:48,160 inflicts his love, his surrounding to people. 108 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:49,740 Think about all the Muslims. 109 00:07:49,959 --> 00:07:52,579 And you've heard the stories about how they are receiving 110 00:07:52,579 --> 00:07:55,620 visions and dreams of God. 111 00:07:55,939 --> 00:07:57,019 And they're repenting. 112 00:07:57,879 --> 00:08:00,839 And I don't know whether it was here, whether I was listening 113 00:08:00,839 --> 00:08:01,860 to something on the radio. 114 00:08:01,939 --> 00:08:04,339 There is a church, and maybe it was Danny that said this. 115 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:09,500 There's a church in Turkey that's totally Muslim that 116 00:08:09,500 --> 00:08:13,100 people are saved, that saved Muslims that have had visions. 117 00:08:13,220 --> 00:08:16,019 The entire church has had independent visions of God. 118 00:08:16,279 --> 00:08:17,759 And that's how they built their congregation. 119 00:08:18,779 --> 00:08:23,540 So it means that he changed his mind about what he was going 120 00:08:23,540 --> 00:08:24,139 to do. 121 00:08:24,979 --> 00:08:29,019 So let's learn a little bit about what Moses did. 122 00:08:29,959 --> 00:08:31,680 He has a conversation with God. 123 00:08:32,539 --> 00:08:36,580 So he propositions God, not in the sense that you think of 124 00:08:36,580 --> 00:08:40,080 proposition, but I define it here, meaning that there is an 125 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:44,179 idea or a statement or a consideration that 126 00:08:44,179 --> 00:08:46,179 Moses made to God. 127 00:08:47,100 --> 00:08:48,279 So he intercedes. 128 00:08:49,419 --> 00:08:53,899 So Moses then reminds God of the divine deliverance that 129 00:08:53,899 --> 00:08:54,399 he gave. 130 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:58,200 Moses begins appealing to God's past faithfulness. 131 00:08:58,700 --> 00:08:59,759 How many have done that? 132 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:01,899 Lord, but remember when? 133 00:09:02,279 --> 00:09:03,919 Remember this, remember that. 134 00:09:04,580 --> 00:09:05,559 And Lord, I ask. 135 00:09:05,759 --> 00:09:06,960 We ask on our behalf. 136 00:09:07,799 --> 00:09:10,460 And then for you to come and work miraculously. 137 00:09:11,159 --> 00:09:14,259 So he reminds God of what he did. 138 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:18,539 In Exodus 30 to 11, you brought the people out of 139 00:09:18,539 --> 00:09:21,139 Egypt with great power and a mighty hand. 140 00:09:22,100 --> 00:09:25,919 He underscores that Israel's identity, who they are, 141 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:29,860 as God's people hinges on the fact of what that 142 00:09:29,860 --> 00:09:33,480 execution was, you know, him delivering them. 143 00:09:34,340 --> 00:09:37,740 Another thing Moses did, he had concern for God's 144 00:09:37,740 --> 00:09:40,399 reputation, and we should have the likewise. 145 00:09:41,220 --> 00:09:43,740 Because God is a reputable God. 146 00:09:44,220 --> 00:09:46,980 He is not something to be fooled with and misunderstood 147 00:09:46,980 --> 00:09:48,440 or taken for granted. 148 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:51,620 He has a reputation and all of us should want to 149 00:09:51,620 --> 00:09:55,559 maintain a good reputation that is a reflection of God. 150 00:09:56,299 --> 00:10:01,379 So Moses tells God that if he destroys Israel now, 151 00:10:01,919 --> 00:10:05,360 that the Egyptians will say it was with an evil intent 152 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:08,179 that he brought them out of Egypt. 153 00:10:08,820 --> 00:10:12,100 To kill them in the mountains and wipe them from 154 00:10:12,100 --> 00:10:12,940 the face of the earth. 155 00:10:13,580 --> 00:10:15,820 This is what's gonna happen, Lord. 156 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:20,039 So Moses leverages the fear of misunderstanding 157 00:10:21,419 --> 00:10:24,820 among the nations as a valid plea of mercy. 158 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:26,700 Lord, if this is what's gonna happen, 159 00:10:26,799 --> 00:10:31,240 this is what's gonna be, and you can subjugate that 160 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:33,840 in any way you want, but oftentimes, you know, 161 00:10:33,940 --> 00:10:39,919 when I pray for people, I ask Lord in many instances, 162 00:10:40,519 --> 00:10:42,320 Lord, if you don't come into their life, 163 00:10:42,379 --> 00:10:43,980 they're going to destroy themselves, 164 00:10:43,980 --> 00:10:45,379 because I can see it. 165 00:10:45,779 --> 00:10:47,639 With some of the young people that we pray for, 166 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:49,960 they're going downhill and downhill and downhill 167 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:52,840 and downhill, and the end result of Satan 168 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:55,539 being a conqueror in their life is what kills, 169 00:10:55,639 --> 00:10:56,480 kill and destroy. 170 00:10:57,460 --> 00:11:00,019 So, you know, Lord, this is not what we want. 171 00:11:00,879 --> 00:11:03,500 So again, he leverages that fear. 172 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:08,679 So then Moses appeals to God and the covenant 173 00:11:09,180 --> 00:11:10,879 that he made with Abraham. 174 00:11:11,519 --> 00:11:14,240 Finally, Moses invokes the covenant promises 175 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:16,240 made to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. 176 00:11:16,659 --> 00:11:20,720 Remember your servants to whom you swore by your own self 177 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:24,179 that you would deliver and make a nation out of them. 178 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:27,379 And this nation would be recognized among nations, 179 00:11:27,799 --> 00:11:29,559 and that would be the sand of the sea, 180 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:30,899 and there would be a testimony, 181 00:11:31,179 --> 00:11:33,960 and it would be a living understanding of who you are, Lord. 182 00:11:34,379 --> 00:11:35,879 So he appeals to that. 183 00:11:36,799 --> 00:11:38,960 He insists that wiping out Israel 184 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:43,639 would nullify God's oath to the patriarchs 185 00:11:43,639 --> 00:11:46,960 and undermine the promise of countless descendants. 186 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:48,539 And look what has happened. 187 00:11:48,659 --> 00:11:51,639 We ended up now understanding through generations 188 00:11:51,639 --> 00:11:53,899 and generations that there is a nation Israel. 189 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:59,960 And then Isaiah, this is interesting, 43, 26, 190 00:12:00,159 --> 00:12:02,659 this is where God invites us to have dialogue. 191 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,679 It says this, cause me to remember, 192 00:12:05,940 --> 00:12:06,919 and this is God speaking, 193 00:12:07,919 --> 00:12:10,039 let us plead together, 194 00:12:11,439 --> 00:12:15,299 declare or state that you may be justified. 195 00:12:16,039 --> 00:12:18,559 In other words, he wants you to have dialogue 196 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:22,139 that is meaningful, and if you feel a certain way, 197 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:25,320 you can pray that way, and God will hear, 198 00:12:26,220 --> 00:12:28,820 and God's timing will give whatever answer 199 00:12:28,820 --> 00:12:31,919 he shows us to give. 200 00:12:32,580 --> 00:12:35,279 So let's look at Moses dialogue with God 201 00:12:35,279 --> 00:12:37,200 and learn something from it. 202 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:42,919 So Moses enters in the conflict between God 203 00:12:42,919 --> 00:12:45,799 and the human failure of the Israelites. 204 00:12:46,419 --> 00:12:48,860 His plea demonstrates the prayer offers 205 00:12:48,860 --> 00:12:50,539 a combination of reminders, 206 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:53,600 that's what we can do, reminders to God, 207 00:12:54,159 --> 00:12:57,899 concerns that we have, and appeals to God. 208 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:00,340 That's how we can communicate to him. 209 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:02,759 And what then do we learn? 210 00:13:03,399 --> 00:13:07,659 His intercession is rooted in a true relationship with God. 211 00:13:08,159 --> 00:13:09,639 Now with a relationship with God, 212 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:11,179 you can do all these things, 213 00:13:11,639 --> 00:13:13,659 but if you're not familiar and you're not abiding 214 00:13:13,659 --> 00:13:15,980 in the presence of God and you have that relationship, 215 00:13:16,340 --> 00:13:19,559 it's very frightening to think that you're gonna remind God 216 00:13:19,559 --> 00:13:22,399 and that you are gonna bring up concerns about that 217 00:13:22,399 --> 00:13:23,740 and you're gonna appeal to him, 218 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:25,580 because people are afraid to do that. 219 00:13:25,799 --> 00:13:28,500 But in that relationship, you can certainly do that. 220 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:32,899 Moses speaks to the one who knows God's past deeds. 221 00:13:33,620 --> 00:13:36,679 See, he speaks as the one who knows God's past deeds 222 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:39,179 and is comfortable in his presence. 223 00:13:40,519 --> 00:13:42,799 And I hope and trust that we all here 224 00:13:42,799 --> 00:13:47,960 are probably preaching to the believers tonight 225 00:13:48,740 --> 00:13:49,580 that we're comfortable. 226 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:52,519 We can come in and we can enjoy the presence of God. 227 00:13:53,100 --> 00:13:54,139 We can speak our mind. 228 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:56,500 I will tell you, I've been angry at God. 229 00:13:57,059 --> 00:14:00,720 I'll admit that, you know, and oh, you have two, okay. 230 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:03,519 Good confession, at least two of us are honest, right? 231 00:14:03,919 --> 00:14:04,720 Okay, all right. 232 00:14:06,299 --> 00:14:11,159 Number two, Moses has an honest dialogue with God. 233 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:15,580 It can include challenging questions and bold requests. 234 00:14:16,460 --> 00:14:19,500 It may not come to bear, but you can do that. 235 00:14:20,139 --> 00:14:21,059 He loves us anyway. 236 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:24,899 And then three, Moses reminds God of his word, 237 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:31,320 which then shifts the posture from despair to expectation. 238 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:33,539 Thank the Lord for that. 239 00:14:33,820 --> 00:14:35,600 So now let me ask you the question. 240 00:14:36,220 --> 00:14:39,919 In what way or ways do you approach God? 241 00:14:40,740 --> 00:14:41,700 How does that look like? 242 00:14:41,779 --> 00:14:42,779 What does that look like? 243 00:14:43,019 --> 00:14:43,179 Gail? 244 00:14:43,779 --> 00:14:45,899 Well, first of all, I wanted to say that 245 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:48,980 when we're talking to God, 246 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:51,639 we have to remember that he already knows 247 00:14:51,639 --> 00:14:52,320 what we're thinking. 248 00:14:52,860 --> 00:14:53,259 Oh, yeah. 249 00:14:53,259 --> 00:14:56,340 So if we try to cover that up, that's stupid 250 00:14:56,340 --> 00:14:57,840 because he already knows what we're thinking 251 00:14:57,840 --> 00:14:59,120 even before we think it. 252 00:14:59,399 --> 00:15:01,059 So we might as well just be honest. 253 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:05,620 So yeah, I think so that one thing I try to do 254 00:15:05,620 --> 00:15:07,440 is try to be honest first with myself 255 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:09,740 and then with God when I'm praying 256 00:15:10,340 --> 00:15:12,179 so that I can really get to the nitty gritty 257 00:15:12,179 --> 00:15:15,399 of what it is he wants me to think about and pray about. 258 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:17,620 You know what I find it sometimes it's harder 259 00:15:17,620 --> 00:15:20,759 for me to be honest about me to me than it is to God. 260 00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:23,179 Because you've come to that relationship 261 00:15:23,179 --> 00:15:24,419 being you just spill your guts 262 00:15:24,419 --> 00:15:26,360 and you can share and you can do whatever. 263 00:15:26,620 --> 00:15:28,639 Well, how does that look to other people? 264 00:15:30,259 --> 00:15:30,820 Yes, Amir? 265 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:34,700 By surrendering to God. 266 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:36,779 Surrendering to God, yeah. 267 00:15:37,519 --> 00:15:38,620 So you're gonna surrender. 268 00:15:39,419 --> 00:15:39,720 All right. 269 00:15:40,059 --> 00:15:40,899 Anything else to that? 270 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:41,960 You wanna think a little bit deeper? 271 00:15:43,940 --> 00:15:45,919 I think the one way I get strong with my faith 272 00:15:45,919 --> 00:15:48,179 is just like by worship songs when I sing. 273 00:15:48,460 --> 00:15:49,039 All right. 274 00:15:49,799 --> 00:15:53,700 So you're setting up before God's presence 275 00:15:53,700 --> 00:15:56,139 and you're magnifying him, which is all good 276 00:15:56,139 --> 00:15:57,659 and you're setting the stage 277 00:15:57,659 --> 00:16:00,899 so that you can communicate to him deeper and deeper. 278 00:16:01,179 --> 00:16:01,200 Yes. 279 00:16:01,539 --> 00:16:02,600 All right, good. 280 00:16:03,500 --> 00:16:04,679 All right, love it. 281 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:07,659 All right, Jackie, are you itching your head 282 00:16:07,659 --> 00:16:10,840 or you got a, you got a, you got a, no? 283 00:16:11,139 --> 00:16:14,340 I don't need that, but I was thinking I like to pray. 284 00:16:14,340 --> 00:16:16,220 Well, we do it for the people listening. 285 00:16:16,940 --> 00:16:18,139 Like to pray scripture. 286 00:16:18,819 --> 00:16:19,259 All right. 287 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:21,879 And remind him of his promises 288 00:16:22,580 --> 00:16:26,120 and how he had promised me this and that in the past. 289 00:16:26,700 --> 00:16:29,179 So I like to remember what he's done in the past 290 00:16:29,179 --> 00:16:35,720 and bring it up and request what he can still do 291 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:38,299 in the future and any day, you know? 292 00:16:39,279 --> 00:16:39,659 So yeah. 293 00:16:39,679 --> 00:16:41,120 That's the safe side, isn't it? 294 00:16:41,279 --> 00:16:43,059 He won't refute scripture. 295 00:16:43,500 --> 00:16:44,539 That's for sure. 296 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:46,419 All right, okay. 297 00:16:46,419 --> 00:16:50,460 He does have like over 300 promises in the Bible. 298 00:16:51,820 --> 00:16:54,000 And some people say it's a lot more than 300, 299 00:16:54,259 --> 00:16:58,100 but it's definite that there's 300 promises. 300 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:00,600 How many have you used today? 301 00:17:02,919 --> 00:17:04,559 Maybe one or two. 302 00:17:04,740 --> 00:17:06,640 All right, okay. 303 00:17:07,119 --> 00:17:07,640 Yes, Roger. 304 00:17:08,339 --> 00:17:08,980 Gratitude. 305 00:17:09,900 --> 00:17:11,180 I often, I really have, 306 00:17:11,799 --> 00:17:14,440 especially when it was something completely unexpected. 307 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:15,200 Oh, amen. 308 00:17:16,099 --> 00:17:16,359 Amen. 309 00:17:18,279 --> 00:17:19,880 Gratitude goes a long way. 310 00:17:20,559 --> 00:17:23,299 We don't assume anything from God, 311 00:17:23,660 --> 00:17:26,599 not by merit, not by works, 312 00:17:28,279 --> 00:17:29,079 but gratitude. 313 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:30,579 He just gives it to us. 314 00:17:31,259 --> 00:17:32,819 Oh my, that's so wonderful. 315 00:17:34,599 --> 00:17:35,079 All right. 316 00:17:36,039 --> 00:17:36,880 Next question. 317 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:41,660 How comfortable are you before his presence 318 00:17:42,340 --> 00:17:45,160 to make a case for your friends or loved ones? 319 00:17:45,579 --> 00:17:47,039 I mean, a meaningful case. 320 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:49,740 Sometimes I set this thing up, Lord. 321 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:51,960 I mean, you know, this is what's happened. 322 00:17:52,319 --> 00:17:53,960 And like Gail said, he already knows, 323 00:17:54,079 --> 00:17:56,279 but I set it up and I just pray 324 00:17:56,279 --> 00:17:59,299 and I ask the Lord to do wondrous things, 325 00:17:59,339 --> 00:18:02,279 which I think he should be doing in behalf of this person. 326 00:18:03,079 --> 00:18:05,980 So again, what are you comfortable with? 327 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:07,819 So your worship, your music. 328 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:09,839 Okay, we have gratitude. 329 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:11,119 What else do we? 330 00:18:11,119 --> 00:18:12,599 What do we do? 331 00:18:13,180 --> 00:18:13,319 Gail. 332 00:18:14,859 --> 00:18:18,500 Well, once again, it helps if I remember the fact 333 00:18:18,500 --> 00:18:21,980 that God probably loves that person even more than I do. 334 00:18:22,019 --> 00:18:23,259 Yes, yes, yes. 335 00:18:23,460 --> 00:18:25,200 So then that makes me more comfortable 336 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:27,599 to approach him with their concerns. 337 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:29,339 And you know what's interesting? 338 00:18:29,420 --> 00:18:30,619 We have synergy of prayer. 339 00:18:30,940 --> 00:18:32,500 If you're praying for the same person 340 00:18:32,500 --> 00:18:33,940 and I'm praying for the same person, 341 00:18:34,059 --> 00:18:36,279 and Roger, there's a synergy of all of us 342 00:18:36,279 --> 00:18:38,559 coming together and storming heaven for that person. 343 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:41,380 Yeah, then just ourselves alone. 344 00:18:44,339 --> 00:18:46,819 All right, one more question. 345 00:18:47,039 --> 00:18:48,960 Oh no, that's the last question on that one. 346 00:18:49,460 --> 00:18:52,079 All right, our intercession then fights 347 00:18:52,079 --> 00:18:54,519 the invisible kingdom of Satan 348 00:18:55,319 --> 00:18:59,819 who is warring to control the visible world that we live in. 349 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:03,019 Ephesians 6, 12, nothing new to you. 350 00:19:03,119 --> 00:19:04,519 It says this, for our struggle 351 00:19:04,519 --> 00:19:06,180 is not against flesh and blood, 352 00:19:06,740 --> 00:19:09,099 but against the rulers, against powers, 353 00:19:09,500 --> 00:19:11,960 against world forces, of this darkness, 354 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:14,819 against the spiritual forces of wickedness 355 00:19:14,819 --> 00:19:16,420 in heavenly places. 356 00:19:17,180 --> 00:19:20,200 And we realize that it's just not what we see, 357 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:22,099 it's in the heavenly places. 358 00:19:22,900 --> 00:19:25,740 There is battles going on, wars going on. 359 00:19:26,039 --> 00:19:27,460 This is a two tiered system. 360 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:30,859 There's conflict that's visible that we have. 361 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:34,200 We see in people's lives the resistance that they have. 362 00:19:35,479 --> 00:19:39,039 We war against that, we ask for the mercy of God 363 00:19:39,039 --> 00:19:43,140 in their life, and so it says in John 3.10, 364 00:19:43,319 --> 00:19:46,480 people love darkness, and we hate darkness, 365 00:19:46,599 --> 00:19:49,279 and that's why we're asking for the light of Christ 366 00:19:49,279 --> 00:19:50,660 to come into their heart. 367 00:19:51,220 --> 00:19:53,220 These powers seek to manipulate, 368 00:19:54,039 --> 00:19:59,039 govern systems, entire cultures, and shape people's, 369 00:20:00,259 --> 00:20:01,900 how they interpret reality, 370 00:20:02,540 --> 00:20:05,220 and again, which all these things do, 371 00:20:05,339 --> 00:20:09,240 they promote blindness and moral decay in people. 372 00:20:09,859 --> 00:20:12,380 He's come to kill and destroy and steal. 373 00:20:14,759 --> 00:20:19,519 The other is in the invisible area and spiritual area. 374 00:20:19,619 --> 00:20:22,640 The forces that shape and empower darkness 375 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:24,319 in the heavenlies, and you know, 376 00:20:24,420 --> 00:20:26,059 there's plenty of scripture on that. 377 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:30,279 I cannot go through all that, but we know what that is. 378 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:34,339 These demonic forces orchestrate deeper attacks 379 00:20:34,339 --> 00:20:37,799 of temptation, deception, and oppression. 380 00:20:38,599 --> 00:20:39,539 I'll give you an example. 381 00:20:42,039 --> 00:20:47,940 When you're aware of heavenly beings in your life 382 00:20:48,839 --> 00:20:50,660 and how God works through you, 383 00:20:50,740 --> 00:20:52,839 and you're aware that there is opposition, 384 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:57,380 I had said this briefly, and I'll just elaborate on it 385 00:20:57,380 --> 00:20:59,200 by virtue of another example. 386 00:21:02,659 --> 00:21:08,799 I had to be in, I think I don't know where in China, 387 00:21:09,059 --> 00:21:09,720 doesn't matter. 388 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:13,259 So I booked a hotel, the hotel was full, 389 00:21:13,420 --> 00:21:15,220 and they referred me to another hotel. 390 00:21:15,859 --> 00:21:19,759 Took a taxi, got in there, took my bags up, 391 00:21:19,819 --> 00:21:21,440 or they took the bags up, blah, blah, blah, blah. 392 00:21:21,599 --> 00:21:22,559 So I wanted something to eat, 393 00:21:22,660 --> 00:21:24,619 so I came out of the hotel lobby 394 00:21:24,619 --> 00:21:26,599 and asked the concierge where it would be 395 00:21:26,599 --> 00:21:28,140 a good place for food. 396 00:21:28,819 --> 00:21:30,960 And as soon as I stepped outside 397 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:35,400 onto the payment of the hotel, forces hit me. 398 00:21:36,839 --> 00:21:38,180 Prostitutes all over the place, 399 00:21:38,279 --> 00:21:39,039 and they were good looking. 400 00:21:39,579 --> 00:21:40,539 I don't deny that. 401 00:21:41,599 --> 00:21:43,319 But now what do I do with that? 402 00:21:43,599 --> 00:21:45,839 Here I'm in a foreign land all by myself. 403 00:21:46,460 --> 00:21:48,500 God doesn't know, no, he does. 404 00:21:49,619 --> 00:21:52,619 And I immediately, I couldn't deal with it. 405 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:54,440 I asked the Lord, I said, get me through this thing, 406 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:56,380 and I just closed my eyes, sawed the directions, 407 00:21:56,380 --> 00:21:57,960 and I walked right through the crowd 408 00:21:57,960 --> 00:21:59,799 and got to a safe territory. 409 00:22:00,799 --> 00:22:03,359 I mean, the suppression was demonic. 410 00:22:04,099 --> 00:22:06,140 Another time I was in Arja Bajan. 411 00:22:07,079 --> 00:22:10,980 We did the same thing, and that's evident demonically. 412 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:14,059 The ladies walked 25 feet in back of the men. 413 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:16,880 The men go to the restaurant. 414 00:22:17,259 --> 00:22:18,220 We were in a restaurant. 415 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:20,039 The ladies don't go to the restaurant. 416 00:22:20,799 --> 00:22:22,119 The ladies don't drive. 417 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:26,160 And all they are is somebody for conjugal rights 418 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:27,960 to do the laundry to raise the children. 419 00:22:29,019 --> 00:22:32,500 And I will tell you that there was such a demonic oppression, 420 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:36,400 and the thing that then set it off too is when the prayers, 421 00:22:36,599 --> 00:22:40,680 you know, the call for prayers at the time, 422 00:22:41,059 --> 00:22:43,599 man, it just sends shivers up and down my spine. 423 00:22:43,759 --> 00:22:45,319 And I thought, Lord, this is demonic. 424 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:46,859 I mean, it's all over the place. 425 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:49,980 No matter where you go, you were fighting to have freedom 426 00:22:49,980 --> 00:22:52,660 in the sense of understanding who you are 427 00:22:52,660 --> 00:22:56,099 and what you saw as very, very, very real. 428 00:22:56,759 --> 00:22:58,559 So these are my examples. 429 00:22:58,819 --> 00:23:00,059 Anybody else have an example? 430 00:23:04,660 --> 00:23:05,859 Ah, okay. 431 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:07,920 Yes, Judy. 432 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:10,500 All right. 433 00:23:11,319 --> 00:23:15,980 Alone that every now and then I watch an English soap opera. 434 00:23:16,380 --> 00:23:16,740 Okay. 435 00:23:17,059 --> 00:23:21,079 But in this storyline, a teenager gets pregnant, 436 00:23:21,079 --> 00:23:26,460 and a family member wants to adopt the baby. 437 00:23:26,799 --> 00:23:28,119 She wants the baby. 438 00:23:29,299 --> 00:23:32,039 Now, I also get on the Facebook page 439 00:23:32,679 --> 00:23:35,059 and talk to the fans over in England, 440 00:23:35,819 --> 00:23:38,539 and that's been kind of like my little escape. 441 00:23:39,019 --> 00:23:41,039 You know, I'm talking to people, 442 00:23:41,299 --> 00:23:42,680 especially last winter, 443 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:44,960 couldn't get out of the house as much, 444 00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:48,980 was talking to people on the other side of the pond. 445 00:23:49,779 --> 00:23:54,759 The last episode, another relative took her 446 00:23:54,759 --> 00:23:56,319 to the abortion clinic. 447 00:23:58,220 --> 00:24:01,660 And all of the fans, even tonight in the library, 448 00:24:01,900 --> 00:24:06,000 I'm reading, oh, she did the right thing. 449 00:24:06,660 --> 00:24:08,880 And the whole thing with the family member 450 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:10,559 wanting to adopt the baby, 451 00:24:10,759 --> 00:24:12,859 all of the fans thought that was creepy. 452 00:24:15,019 --> 00:24:16,480 And I'm thinking the opposite. 453 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:19,880 I'm thinking there's nothing wrong 454 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:23,119 with giving the baby to your mother to raise, 455 00:24:23,599 --> 00:24:25,460 or the grandmother is my age. 456 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:26,740 She is not that old. 457 00:24:27,539 --> 00:24:28,920 And she wanted the child. 458 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:33,380 And years ago, that was actually normative. 459 00:24:35,220 --> 00:24:39,359 It was normative for a family member to adopt 460 00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:43,240 if the biological parent couldn't afford the child. 461 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:47,119 And that just shows the shift in our society. 462 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:52,960 It's demonic, we can see it, it's so overt these days. 463 00:24:53,079 --> 00:24:56,480 It's wrong, and I go to work and there's Buddha 464 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:59,519 and there's pentagrams and skulls 465 00:24:59,519 --> 00:25:01,900 and all of these things on the shelves. 466 00:25:03,900 --> 00:25:08,759 I can remember the time that our ex-president Obama 467 00:25:08,759 --> 00:25:11,039 put the rainbow up over the White House. 468 00:25:11,740 --> 00:25:14,900 Oh my gosh, I saw that, I turned the TV off. 469 00:25:15,579 --> 00:25:17,640 It was so shocking. 470 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:20,299 So, we have these experiences. 471 00:25:21,140 --> 00:25:23,619 And it's good for us to understand these things 472 00:25:23,619 --> 00:25:26,099 because we know then where we're at. 473 00:25:26,700 --> 00:25:29,200 This is not a casual warfare that we're in. 474 00:25:29,259 --> 00:25:32,240 It's not a skirmish, it's an all-out war of the ages. 475 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:36,839 And then we must now acknowledge and understand and learn 476 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:40,019 to influence the spiritual realm 477 00:25:41,419 --> 00:25:45,059 so that we can affect an intercessory prayer, 478 00:25:45,059 --> 00:25:47,359 language, and activity. 479 00:25:47,839 --> 00:25:52,900 We must move beyond the fear that we have of the unseen 480 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:56,079 and exercise our authority. 481 00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:59,579 I trust how we know how to do that 482 00:25:59,579 --> 00:26:01,099 and I'll just touch on that. 483 00:26:01,619 --> 00:26:05,039 Remember, we are not trying to defeat the enemy, 484 00:26:05,799 --> 00:26:06,519 which is the Satan. 485 00:26:07,420 --> 00:26:09,220 He is already defeated by the cross. 486 00:26:09,660 --> 00:26:13,000 One thing we do not do when we deal with the enemy, 487 00:26:13,079 --> 00:26:15,319 we don't talk to the enemy. 488 00:26:16,500 --> 00:26:20,420 We take the scripture like Jackie uses 489 00:26:21,159 --> 00:26:26,039 and how did Christ come against Satan when he was tempted? 490 00:26:26,299 --> 00:26:29,099 He used scripture and that's all that we do 491 00:26:29,099 --> 00:26:31,279 and we have the authority to tell him to go 492 00:26:31,279 --> 00:26:33,980 to get his hands off of this individual. 493 00:26:34,779 --> 00:26:35,920 We don't do dialogue. 494 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:43,420 So intercession then is the most selfless thing 495 00:26:43,420 --> 00:26:48,160 that we can do because we are focuses on others, not ourselves. 496 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:51,299 Being able to hear God's voice 497 00:26:51,299 --> 00:26:53,700 is a critical component of intercession. 498 00:26:54,140 --> 00:26:55,920 It's not that you have the prayer list, 499 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,240 the prayer list only starts the subject matter 500 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:01,460 and as you wait on God, God will reveal things 501 00:27:01,460 --> 00:27:03,539 that you can pray for for these individuals. 502 00:27:04,299 --> 00:27:06,599 Too often we pray for things in our hearts. 503 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:10,660 My proposition is instead just spend some quiet time 504 00:27:10,660 --> 00:27:13,920 in his presence and see what he's going to tell you 505 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:15,680 to pray for for these people. 506 00:27:16,519 --> 00:27:17,839 And that's why you get to worry, 507 00:27:18,099 --> 00:27:19,759 you take an hour, an hour and a half 508 00:27:19,759 --> 00:27:21,720 or all these people that you pray for, 509 00:27:21,819 --> 00:27:24,200 you say, oh my, we've done business before the Lord 510 00:27:24,740 --> 00:27:26,900 because you're looking for understanding 511 00:27:26,900 --> 00:27:28,920 in that situation, that day. 512 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:33,960 Intercession plows up the soil of the hardened hearts, 513 00:27:34,660 --> 00:27:39,200 the soil that is compacted and extremely hard. 514 00:27:40,059 --> 00:27:43,019 You know, when the farmers plant soil, 515 00:27:43,079 --> 00:27:45,539 they're very careful where they drive their tractors 516 00:27:45,539 --> 00:27:48,279 and around the perimeter where they're always working, 517 00:27:48,420 --> 00:27:49,559 the soil is compact. 518 00:27:50,079 --> 00:27:51,599 Some of them have to take machines 519 00:27:51,599 --> 00:27:53,859 and dig the soil up to make it fertile 520 00:27:53,859 --> 00:27:57,079 because it's so clay filled and hard 521 00:27:57,079 --> 00:27:59,440 that seed wouldn't be planted. 522 00:27:59,579 --> 00:28:02,259 They can drill the hole, put the seed in, the seed will die. 523 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:04,200 And that's what we're dealing with here, 524 00:28:04,299 --> 00:28:05,059 is a hardened heart. 525 00:28:06,660 --> 00:28:09,140 So what we're asking the Lord to do is soften that. 526 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:13,940 Powerful breakthroughs come from seeking 527 00:28:13,940 --> 00:28:16,460 and hearing and speaking his mind. 528 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:21,700 Not what we hope, but what God is telling us. 529 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:24,759 He will reveal areas that need prayer 530 00:28:24,759 --> 00:28:29,900 to overcome the enemy and declarations against the enemy. 531 00:28:30,420 --> 00:28:31,440 So how do we do that? 532 00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:33,700 Well, these are examples. 533 00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:37,259 We pray for people's spiritual eyes to be opened 534 00:28:37,259 --> 00:28:40,500 to understand the gospel, that's one way to do it. 535 00:28:41,119 --> 00:28:44,640 Another is that we pray that the deception 536 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:47,980 be broken off of them in the name of Jesus. 537 00:28:48,740 --> 00:28:53,759 Again, Corinthians 10, four, it says destroying speculations. 538 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:56,539 We pray for the stronghold of pride 539 00:28:56,539 --> 00:28:58,259 that it will be torn down, 540 00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:01,160 that through their lack of pride they have understanding 541 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:03,000 and they're humble enough to understand 542 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:06,240 what is happening to them when the Lord speaks to them. 543 00:29:06,900 --> 00:29:09,880 We pray that Satan's strategies and schemes 544 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:13,359 and control will fail, that's what we do. 545 00:29:13,980 --> 00:29:16,140 We pray for the Holy Spirit again 546 00:29:16,140 --> 00:29:19,539 to surround the person with his power and his love. 547 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:21,460 All these are examples that we can do 548 00:29:21,460 --> 00:29:22,839 when we can enter into do. 549 00:29:24,979 --> 00:29:28,339 So, we are to use our spiritual weapons 550 00:29:28,339 --> 00:29:31,640 for the destruction of every lofty thing 551 00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:33,359 raised up against God. 552 00:29:35,759 --> 00:29:36,339 What is that? 553 00:29:36,799 --> 00:29:37,740 What's that look like? 554 00:29:38,339 --> 00:29:41,220 How does the mindset of the unsaved work against them 555 00:29:41,220 --> 00:29:42,160 is my question. 556 00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:43,920 How does that all work? 557 00:29:45,359 --> 00:29:47,700 Maybe not the mechanics, but the result of that. 558 00:29:51,759 --> 00:29:55,799 Because people don't have a mindset for God 559 00:29:55,799 --> 00:29:59,259 nor want his will nor desire his will. 560 00:29:59,740 --> 00:30:01,759 So then they're not going to do anything 561 00:30:01,759 --> 00:30:03,319 that is pleasing to God 562 00:30:03,319 --> 00:30:06,119 and it's actually going to work against them 563 00:30:06,119 --> 00:30:10,500 because it says in Hebrews that without faith 564 00:30:10,500 --> 00:30:12,319 it's impossible to please God. 565 00:30:12,559 --> 00:30:15,000 So, how could they ever please God 566 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:16,660 because they don't even believe in him? 567 00:30:19,199 --> 00:30:24,579 Another thing is that some people are very afraid to yield. 568 00:30:25,559 --> 00:30:27,140 You know, I have one particular person 569 00:30:27,140 --> 00:30:31,099 that in our mission at Meadowood, 570 00:30:31,660 --> 00:30:35,880 can't trust God, can't relate to God. 571 00:30:37,619 --> 00:30:38,160 Want to say something? 572 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:40,180 Oh, no, you're scratching your neck? 573 00:30:40,319 --> 00:30:41,940 Okay, that's fine, okay. 574 00:30:43,619 --> 00:30:45,460 So, any other thoughts? 575 00:30:46,660 --> 00:30:48,779 Well, I have down here in small notes. 576 00:30:49,459 --> 00:30:53,299 Again, there is hostility that comes against God. 577 00:30:54,380 --> 00:30:59,180 There is spiritual blindness, obviously that happens. 578 00:30:59,779 --> 00:31:02,000 And I was thinking along these lines 579 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:05,039 about a futile thinking, darkened understanding 580 00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:08,839 and depravity and sin in their life. 581 00:31:12,380 --> 00:31:14,160 Well, the scripture says that the tongue 582 00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:15,460 has the power of life and death. 583 00:31:16,340 --> 00:31:18,279 And those that are unsaved, 584 00:31:18,959 --> 00:31:22,339 I would assume that in some cases 585 00:31:22,339 --> 00:31:27,559 they're gonna say woe is me and that's gonna manifest. 586 00:31:28,359 --> 00:31:29,440 And the things that they say 587 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:30,779 and the dark things that they think 588 00:31:30,779 --> 00:31:35,099 and the tunnel they go down metaphorically, 589 00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:37,140 that's gonna manifest. 590 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,779 And so, as you mentioned earlier, you know, the gratitude. 591 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:44,920 If we speak gratitude, if we speak healing, 592 00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:49,460 if we speak peace and hope and love, that'll manifest. 593 00:31:51,599 --> 00:31:54,440 You know, I liken that to often 594 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:58,900 as we see people lay concrete, they lay the form out. 595 00:32:00,279 --> 00:32:05,440 And we can take that as our declarations. 596 00:32:06,579 --> 00:32:08,039 And on the other side of that, 597 00:32:08,119 --> 00:32:10,319 if it's an unsafe person, they lay the form out, 598 00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:12,180 they declare, they talk about. 599 00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:15,299 And then after a while, what is filled in? 600 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:18,279 The whole slab is poured because of the declarations 601 00:32:18,279 --> 00:32:19,359 and the activity. 602 00:32:19,940 --> 00:32:22,700 And consequently, like you say, if they believe that, 603 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:24,519 that's gonna be manifest in their life. 604 00:32:25,039 --> 00:32:27,420 And if woe is me, there's a dark side coming 605 00:32:27,420 --> 00:32:28,559 and I don't know what to do with it, 606 00:32:28,599 --> 00:32:29,779 there's gonna be a dark side. 607 00:32:30,319 --> 00:32:31,920 That's gonna be, they're gonna receive that. 608 00:32:32,359 --> 00:32:32,480 Gail. 609 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:36,619 There's just one thing that is still in my heart. 610 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:40,000 When we were talking about being able to hear God's voice 611 00:32:40,619 --> 00:32:43,259 as we're interceding, it's really important 612 00:32:43,259 --> 00:32:47,980 that we obey that, even if it seems to be just the opposite 613 00:32:47,980 --> 00:32:49,599 of what we think we should do. 614 00:32:50,299 --> 00:32:52,500 And I've had personal experience with that 615 00:32:52,500 --> 00:32:55,019 where God said, you need to do this. 616 00:32:55,140 --> 00:32:57,160 And I said, but I know this is what's gonna happen. 617 00:32:57,279 --> 00:32:58,579 And he said, do it anyway, 618 00:32:58,779 --> 00:32:59,920 because I want you to obey me. 619 00:33:00,319 --> 00:33:04,039 And it happened just like I thought when I obeyed, 620 00:33:04,319 --> 00:33:08,240 but I was supposed to learn some things through that. 621 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:11,539 Hey, you know, you talk about leading. 622 00:33:12,579 --> 00:33:15,380 You know, the people that we pray for is nothing new to God, 623 00:33:15,460 --> 00:33:16,799 is nothing new to us daily. 624 00:33:17,180 --> 00:33:20,700 But as we spend time, that one person's name 625 00:33:20,700 --> 00:33:22,720 that comes up and I have listings of them, 626 00:33:23,119 --> 00:33:24,640 one day I'll pray for something 627 00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:25,819 and as I'm open to the Lord, 628 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:28,140 I'll pray just another thing about that person 629 00:33:28,140 --> 00:33:29,480 that I didn't even think about. 630 00:33:29,980 --> 00:33:32,140 You know, so God's revelation is coming to us 631 00:33:32,140 --> 00:33:33,440 and speaking life into that. 632 00:33:33,980 --> 00:33:34,160 Yes. 633 00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:34,299 Yes. 634 00:33:37,380 --> 00:33:41,619 I've had trouble with this spiritual eyes being opened. 635 00:33:42,539 --> 00:33:45,359 I mean, you're witnessing to a person 636 00:33:46,719 --> 00:33:51,680 and you have the simplest explanation 637 00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:54,400 and they can't see it. 638 00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:57,240 And you want to grab them by the throat 639 00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:02,740 and you know, but it's not our job to save anybody. 640 00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:05,759 We're just to proclaim the gospel 641 00:34:07,340 --> 00:34:09,960 and the Holy Spirit will do his work. 642 00:34:11,019 --> 00:34:12,239 You know, as they say, 643 00:34:12,300 --> 00:34:13,599 you want to shake the hell out of them, 644 00:34:13,699 --> 00:34:14,320 another literally. 645 00:34:15,119 --> 00:34:16,199 I don't want to say that. 646 00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:16,940 Welcome back. 647 00:34:17,539 --> 00:34:18,480 How are you? 648 00:34:18,780 --> 00:34:18,960 Good. 649 00:34:19,039 --> 00:34:19,880 Good to see you. 650 00:34:20,039 --> 00:34:20,400 Thank you. 651 00:34:20,780 --> 00:34:21,360 All right. 652 00:34:22,539 --> 00:34:23,019 Okay. 653 00:34:24,059 --> 00:34:24,800 Good stuff. 654 00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:28,440 Another question. 655 00:34:29,820 --> 00:34:33,239 What prayer strategies have you used 656 00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:34,679 to war against Satan? 657 00:34:35,179 --> 00:34:37,079 What kind of, what's that look like? 658 00:34:37,539 --> 00:34:38,460 Define that. 659 00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:41,460 I'm telling you how being open, 660 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:43,780 I find that I pray for that person 661 00:34:43,780 --> 00:34:47,400 in different ways in different seasons as I'm open. 662 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:49,360 The person doesn't change, 663 00:34:49,500 --> 00:34:52,039 but the counter attack, you know, 664 00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:53,960 may be the same on that person 665 00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:57,739 from a dark side or from Satan side, 666 00:34:57,739 --> 00:35:01,380 but there are various things that God reveals to us 667 00:35:01,380 --> 00:35:05,659 as we pray variously for this particular person. 668 00:35:06,940 --> 00:35:08,300 How does that, what's that look like? 669 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:10,000 Yes. 670 00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:16,579 I have spiritual warfare prayers at home. 671 00:35:16,719 --> 00:35:21,079 I've committed to memory from a friend of mine 672 00:35:21,079 --> 00:35:23,179 that runs exchange life ministries 673 00:35:23,980 --> 00:35:28,019 and also from her friend, Glenn Rosenberger, 674 00:35:28,739 --> 00:35:31,179 who goes to Calvary Church of Satterton. 675 00:35:31,179 --> 00:35:33,320 He's heavily into spiritual warfare, 676 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:34,980 you know, Neil T. Anderson, 677 00:35:35,380 --> 00:35:38,420 and one thing I usually pray is for one, 678 00:35:39,119 --> 00:35:41,659 I get forgiveness for my sins. 679 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:43,960 I clean myself up right away, 680 00:35:44,619 --> 00:35:49,500 and I pray, please forgive me if I've harmed so and so. 681 00:35:49,699 --> 00:35:53,260 Please restore to them whatever was lost. 682 00:35:53,900 --> 00:35:57,239 Please bring good out of any evil that I've done. 683 00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:02,260 That's another one, and another thing I pray is, 684 00:36:02,380 --> 00:36:04,960 please bless those who have cursed me 685 00:36:05,940 --> 00:36:07,760 and reveal yourself to them. 686 00:36:08,059 --> 00:36:11,519 Yeah, and sometimes that's hard because you're natural. 687 00:36:11,860 --> 00:36:14,079 Well, you know, if that's the way they feel, you know, 688 00:36:14,639 --> 00:36:15,579 yeah, so what? 689 00:36:15,699 --> 00:36:18,500 I'm not gonna have an association with them, 690 00:36:18,820 --> 00:36:22,260 but going beyond the second and third mile. 691 00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:24,420 Anything else? 692 00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:26,800 Yes. 693 00:36:28,079 --> 00:36:30,699 One thing also that I know I pray for 694 00:36:30,699 --> 00:36:31,920 when we're doing a prayer strategy 695 00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:33,940 is to silence the enemy's voice, 696 00:36:34,539 --> 00:36:37,239 if they're hearing lies or if I'm hearing lies, 697 00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:38,960 and to only hear the voice of God. 698 00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:42,280 As the spirit whispers to us, 699 00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:45,719 so does Satan whisper to them, doesn't he? 700 00:36:46,179 --> 00:36:46,940 Yeah, that's true. 701 00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:47,699 Oh, I'm sorry. 702 00:36:49,820 --> 00:36:52,880 Yeah, whatever it is that the person may be suffering from, 703 00:36:53,199 --> 00:36:55,420 you pray the opposite into them, 704 00:36:55,420 --> 00:36:57,440 so if they've got depression, you pray joy. 705 00:36:58,320 --> 00:37:00,199 You know, if they don't have health, 706 00:37:01,099 --> 00:37:03,019 or if they don't have health, you pray health, 707 00:37:03,420 --> 00:37:05,840 and you pray comfort, and you pray the anxiety, 708 00:37:06,059 --> 00:37:09,320 you pray peace, so you replace the things 709 00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:12,400 that Satan brings, the things that Holy Spirit brings. 710 00:37:12,940 --> 00:37:18,719 Yeah, we had our ecumenical prayer this morning, 711 00:37:19,179 --> 00:37:21,780 and one individual was praying to the Lord 712 00:37:21,780 --> 00:37:25,199 and discussing her woe is me daughter-in-law 713 00:37:25,199 --> 00:37:27,099 that was working against her son, 714 00:37:27,519 --> 00:37:31,119 and she was rehearsing to God all the terrible things 715 00:37:32,699 --> 00:37:34,980 that this lady was doing to her son, 716 00:37:35,079 --> 00:37:38,079 and I thought, boy, we're getting far, far-field in this, 717 00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:41,679 but you know, I'm not gonna step in and whatever, 718 00:37:41,719 --> 00:37:43,940 that's this understanding, but you're right. 719 00:37:44,380 --> 00:37:48,119 Whatever is in their life, we pray against that. 720 00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:52,260 I mean, that's hitting it right between the eyes. 721 00:37:52,780 --> 00:37:53,039 Yes. 722 00:37:56,860 --> 00:37:59,880 Well, I really love the authority of the name of Jesus. 723 00:38:00,519 --> 00:38:01,300 It's all powerful. 724 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:04,440 It just confronts, I mean, Satan just has to wither, 725 00:38:04,659 --> 00:38:06,239 his tail goes between his legs and he leaves. 726 00:38:07,500 --> 00:38:08,300 There's nothing to it. 727 00:38:08,300 --> 00:38:09,780 If it's nothing, just repeating the name 728 00:38:09,780 --> 00:38:10,760 over and over again. 729 00:38:10,780 --> 00:38:15,079 No, and just reminding exactly, you know, 730 00:38:15,539 --> 00:38:18,139 if I'm with a person, just reminding, 731 00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:20,659 you're a child of God, this is not of the Lord, 732 00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:22,480 and I agree with my sister with the lies, 733 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:24,539 and just coming against the lies, 734 00:38:24,539 --> 00:38:25,719 because Jesus is truth, 735 00:38:26,159 --> 00:38:28,380 and you just have to tell them what's what. 736 00:38:29,639 --> 00:38:32,780 You know, I find myself when dealing with people 737 00:38:32,780 --> 00:38:34,920 and you're in conversation and things come up, 738 00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:38,380 I'm under my breath praying, you know, 739 00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:40,619 and now I have to concentrate, okay, Lord, 740 00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:42,239 you're giving me insights in here, 741 00:38:42,260 --> 00:38:43,800 and then I want to listen to the conversation. 742 00:38:44,039 --> 00:38:46,079 I don't want to be removed from it, 743 00:38:46,119 --> 00:38:48,139 but you're doing two things at the same time. 744 00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:48,980 Yes. 745 00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:53,719 What did Jesus do when he was confronted by Satan? 746 00:38:54,679 --> 00:38:55,920 Just quoted scripture. 747 00:38:56,300 --> 00:38:57,480 Quoted scripture, I'm sorry. 748 00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:01,659 We don't converse with the opposition. 749 00:39:03,219 --> 00:39:04,900 Oh, I'm here. 750 00:39:05,340 --> 00:39:09,300 Yeah, I was just gonna say the same thing when Ron said it. 751 00:39:09,380 --> 00:39:09,860 Yeah, read the scripture, 752 00:39:10,099 --> 00:39:12,679 but my favorite one is the Psalm 23, 753 00:39:13,460 --> 00:39:15,480 and I just like to repeat that in all over the enemy, 754 00:39:15,679 --> 00:39:16,260 so yeah. 755 00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:18,280 Yes, yeah, amen. 756 00:39:19,139 --> 00:39:21,260 Do it, do it, do it, victory dances. 757 00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:22,659 Thank you, Lord. 758 00:39:23,460 --> 00:39:23,940 All right. 759 00:39:30,579 --> 00:39:32,119 And topic two. 760 00:39:33,380 --> 00:39:35,699 Oh boy, we're gonna zoom through this. 761 00:39:36,659 --> 00:39:38,000 All right, leadership and numbers. 762 00:39:38,579 --> 00:39:41,659 Numbers 11, 14, the job is too much for me. 763 00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:45,219 How can I take care of all these people? 764 00:39:47,260 --> 00:39:49,059 So Moses laments to the Lord 765 00:39:49,059 --> 00:39:51,679 about the weight of leading Israel. 766 00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:55,400 So without elders or spiritual covering, 767 00:39:56,260 --> 00:40:02,019 that, again, is enough to support what he needs 768 00:40:02,019 --> 00:40:03,820 and what the people need. 769 00:40:04,699 --> 00:40:08,300 There are challenges that come if there's not support there. 770 00:40:08,599 --> 00:40:13,119 You can see it in his lament to the Lord. 771 00:40:13,619 --> 00:40:19,519 Both spiritually and again the structure of the church 772 00:40:19,519 --> 00:40:23,880 is such that there are problems that will come 773 00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:26,039 if it's a single leadership. 774 00:40:28,460 --> 00:40:30,739 I mean, I wanna ask you how many people 775 00:40:30,739 --> 00:40:33,539 have fallen from ministry in the last two years? 776 00:40:34,380 --> 00:40:37,380 I can name on my hands 12 people that I know of. 777 00:40:37,679 --> 00:40:38,699 I mean prominent people. 778 00:40:39,639 --> 00:40:42,320 By and large, they were one man, ministry. 779 00:40:43,159 --> 00:40:45,300 Leaders who today are also called elders 780 00:40:45,300 --> 00:40:47,960 provide a safeguard for the local church. 781 00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:51,300 They are spiritually mature men who guide, 782 00:40:51,420 --> 00:40:53,360 shepherd, and lead with integrity. 783 00:40:54,239 --> 00:40:57,659 They guide, in other words, in 1 Peter 5, 1, 3, 784 00:40:57,739 --> 00:41:02,460 it says, care for and spiritually nurture the congregation. 785 00:41:03,059 --> 00:41:06,559 They guard, Titus 1, 9, teach and protect 786 00:41:06,559 --> 00:41:07,960 the truth of the gospel. 787 00:41:08,719 --> 00:41:12,639 They lead with integrity, 1 Timothy 3, Titus 1. 788 00:41:13,260 --> 00:41:15,559 Those who live above reproach, 789 00:41:16,159 --> 00:41:19,579 demonstrating humility, wisdom, and hospitality. 790 00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:24,000 They functionally discern and help set 791 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:26,340 the spiritual direction and vision of the church. 792 00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:29,780 And they support both the pastoral leaders 793 00:41:29,780 --> 00:41:32,960 and the congregation with one accessibility, 794 00:41:34,119 --> 00:41:37,659 spiritual covering, counsel, caregiving, 795 00:41:38,460 --> 00:41:43,920 and help mediate in conflict, strengthen numbers. 796 00:41:45,059 --> 00:41:49,480 So question, how does a leader's consistency 797 00:41:50,340 --> 00:41:53,980 between the words that he says and his actions 798 00:41:53,980 --> 00:41:56,920 impact your confidence in their ministry 799 00:41:56,920 --> 00:41:58,400 and guidance toward you? 800 00:42:00,300 --> 00:42:01,739 How does that impact? 801 00:42:05,179 --> 00:42:08,119 Yeah, because you can look at the life and the life speaks. 802 00:42:09,239 --> 00:42:10,860 All right, anything else? 803 00:42:11,740 --> 00:42:15,559 Well, no, their example as to how they live 804 00:42:16,220 --> 00:42:17,960 is often better than the words they say. 805 00:42:18,360 --> 00:42:21,340 Yes, yes, sometimes we don't have words to say. 806 00:42:22,059 --> 00:42:23,579 All we can do is grieve with people 807 00:42:23,579 --> 00:42:26,199 and they're gaining strength from who we are. 808 00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:27,480 Anyone else? 809 00:42:29,340 --> 00:42:31,199 All right, thank you, Roger. 810 00:42:34,079 --> 00:42:36,380 All right, as I see it then, 811 00:42:36,920 --> 00:42:39,159 leaders live to serve the body of Christ. 812 00:42:39,839 --> 00:42:41,219 Elders are spiritual anchors, 813 00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:43,900 willing to serve in many capacities, 814 00:42:44,579 --> 00:42:46,940 being present and available to other people. 815 00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:48,960 That's preeminent. 816 00:42:50,300 --> 00:42:51,739 They do not seek to control 817 00:42:52,480 --> 00:42:54,539 for position, attention, or recognition. 818 00:42:55,139 --> 00:42:56,840 They go the second mile with those 819 00:42:56,840 --> 00:42:58,119 that are hurting and in need. 820 00:42:58,860 --> 00:43:01,219 And there is a deep relationship with God 821 00:43:01,219 --> 00:43:04,599 that they should be having in order to lead people. 822 00:43:05,039 --> 00:43:07,400 They have learned the value of the relationship 823 00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:10,719 with the Lord and want to teach that to others. 824 00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:13,599 Their ability to impact that knowledge, 825 00:43:14,619 --> 00:43:16,480 shepherding and guiding and shielding. 826 00:43:17,059 --> 00:43:18,619 And they're living out their character 827 00:43:18,619 --> 00:43:20,800 by supporting the leadership in decisions, 828 00:43:21,119 --> 00:43:23,320 direction, and activities. 829 00:43:23,980 --> 00:43:27,000 The capacity for wisdom, discernment, and compassion. 830 00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:37,059 They walk with the Lord in good times 831 00:43:37,059 --> 00:43:39,519 and bad times, the way I can say amen to that. 832 00:43:40,199 --> 00:43:42,880 Having learned his teachings by experience. 833 00:43:43,360 --> 00:43:46,400 That's why we're not to put any young people 834 00:43:47,179 --> 00:43:52,019 into leadership because of perhaps their youthfulness 835 00:43:52,659 --> 00:43:54,219 and we have seasoned people 836 00:43:54,219 --> 00:43:56,159 that are represented here in the body. 837 00:43:57,199 --> 00:43:59,380 Not withholding any good thing from people 838 00:44:00,019 --> 00:44:02,960 and providing positive protective authority 839 00:44:02,960 --> 00:44:05,239 and intercession and oversight for believers. 840 00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:08,579 The question is then, what, if any, 841 00:44:09,199 --> 00:44:11,380 accountability structures do you use 842 00:44:11,380 --> 00:44:14,780 in maintaining and developing your spiritual health 843 00:44:14,780 --> 00:44:17,159 or do you even think it is necessary? 844 00:44:18,179 --> 00:44:18,940 Well, I'm okay. 845 00:44:19,559 --> 00:44:20,559 I don't need the elders. 846 00:44:22,079 --> 00:44:24,000 Is that a good assumption? 847 00:44:26,579 --> 00:44:29,760 No, okay, I'm shaking head no. 848 00:44:30,579 --> 00:44:34,099 All right, what do you do when you say I don't need? 849 00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:39,280 You shortcut the lifeblood of the body 850 00:44:39,820 --> 00:44:43,179 because each sinew and ligament strengthens 851 00:44:43,179 --> 00:44:45,599 and informs and helps the other. 852 00:44:46,719 --> 00:44:48,280 So if you don't ask for help, 853 00:44:48,380 --> 00:44:51,940 if you don't take that burden that you have 854 00:44:51,940 --> 00:44:55,059 and share that, I can do it alone, I'm okay. 855 00:44:55,940 --> 00:44:57,980 You rob the body of ministry. 856 00:44:59,380 --> 00:45:02,199 You don't allow that ebb and flow 857 00:45:02,199 --> 00:45:05,360 of relationship to develop and the empathy 858 00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:07,559 that brother or that sister has for you. 859 00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:09,199 Did I see a hand? 860 00:45:09,559 --> 00:45:10,260 Yeah, go ahead, Gail. 861 00:45:10,619 --> 00:45:14,059 Well, also as you're dealing with people, 862 00:45:14,099 --> 00:45:18,099 as you're being with people, as you're forbearing people, 863 00:45:20,059 --> 00:45:21,599 as you get to know them, 864 00:45:21,619 --> 00:45:23,800 then you know better how to pray for them as well. 865 00:45:24,380 --> 00:45:25,920 So it kind of all works together. 866 00:45:28,020 --> 00:45:32,820 But we have to remember that the same spirit dwells 867 00:45:32,820 --> 00:45:33,579 in each of us. 868 00:45:34,219 --> 00:45:38,159 So we have that spirit of unity within us to start with 869 00:45:38,159 --> 00:45:39,579 and we should start there. 870 00:45:44,360 --> 00:45:48,659 Don't deny your brother and sister of ministry to you. 871 00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:50,179 Don't deny that. 872 00:45:50,940 --> 00:45:53,300 If that's something that you need, you do it. 873 00:45:54,500 --> 00:45:56,579 Well, it's iron sharpens iron. 874 00:45:57,139 --> 00:46:00,280 That's when you end up reacting with people, 875 00:46:00,780 --> 00:46:01,860 you're not only helping them, 876 00:46:01,940 --> 00:46:03,059 you're learning about yourself. 877 00:46:04,119 --> 00:46:04,960 Not the truth. 878 00:46:06,519 --> 00:46:08,139 You learn about yourself, right? 879 00:46:09,260 --> 00:46:10,420 How willing are you? 880 00:46:10,980 --> 00:46:11,800 What do they say? 881 00:46:12,219 --> 00:46:16,900 It always takes another person to put that last nail in. 882 00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:18,079 You can't do it yourself. 883 00:46:22,559 --> 00:46:24,960 All right, anointing. 884 00:46:26,320 --> 00:46:30,119 The calling of these men had already taken place in verse 25. 885 00:46:30,400 --> 00:46:32,519 The Lord came down and the clouds spoke to him. 886 00:46:32,920 --> 00:46:35,320 He took some of the spirit that he had given Moses 887 00:46:35,320 --> 00:46:37,300 and he gave it to the 70 elders. 888 00:46:37,599 --> 00:46:38,820 When the spirit came to them, 889 00:46:38,840 --> 00:46:42,179 they began to shout like prophets, but not for long. 890 00:46:42,920 --> 00:46:44,619 And then two of the other elders, 891 00:46:45,380 --> 00:46:48,360 the L dad and me dad had stayed in the camp 892 00:46:48,360 --> 00:46:49,820 and they didn't go out to the tent. 893 00:46:50,800 --> 00:46:52,460 And there in the tent, the spirit came to them 894 00:46:52,460 --> 00:46:54,400 and they too began to shout and prophesy. 895 00:46:54,780 --> 00:47:00,099 All right, the spirits resting on these men led to prophecy. 896 00:47:01,239 --> 00:47:05,840 And remember, calling is accomplished 897 00:47:05,840 --> 00:47:08,119 and accompanied with anointing. 898 00:47:09,199 --> 00:47:11,579 You don't have anointing before you have the calling. 899 00:47:12,299 --> 00:47:14,960 So the calling comes and God anoints 900 00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:16,860 and gives you the power to execute 901 00:47:16,860 --> 00:47:18,440 what he has called you to do. 902 00:47:19,239 --> 00:47:20,639 So that's what happened. 903 00:47:21,619 --> 00:47:23,139 God's plan to bless and edify 904 00:47:23,139 --> 00:47:26,119 comes in many different giftings and callings. 905 00:47:26,920 --> 00:47:28,599 Receiving God's anointing is this. 906 00:47:29,940 --> 00:47:33,340 Anointing transcends any and all expectations. 907 00:47:34,159 --> 00:47:35,300 Well, what is the anointing, God? 908 00:47:36,119 --> 00:47:36,960 What is that, John? 909 00:47:37,420 --> 00:47:38,139 Explain that. 910 00:47:38,739 --> 00:47:40,199 You know, you can go on and on and on. 911 00:47:40,199 --> 00:47:42,079 God's anointing is not confined 912 00:47:42,079 --> 00:47:43,900 just to special people like Moses 913 00:47:44,760 --> 00:47:46,699 or special places like the Tent of Meeting, 914 00:47:47,159 --> 00:47:50,139 but it's part and parcel of what he is doing 915 00:47:50,139 --> 00:47:52,420 in your life at the calling. 916 00:47:53,179 --> 00:47:55,480 And remember, you realize that the calling 917 00:47:55,480 --> 00:47:58,059 and the anointing God entrusts to you 918 00:47:58,059 --> 00:48:01,320 is a gift and not a reward. 919 00:48:02,760 --> 00:48:08,340 He can take that away if you're not diligent to pursue it. 920 00:48:08,340 --> 00:48:11,039 He gives it to you as trust. 921 00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:15,760 When you are anointed, you are empowered 922 00:48:16,640 --> 00:48:19,440 to do the calling that God has given you 923 00:48:20,420 --> 00:48:22,880 and you learn to handle the anointing by what? 924 00:48:23,119 --> 00:48:24,340 Keeping yourself humble. 925 00:48:25,480 --> 00:48:28,039 You ain't humble, you ain't got anointing. 926 00:48:28,840 --> 00:48:32,380 You know, so many ministries have overlooked that 927 00:48:32,380 --> 00:48:35,880 and have fallen when pride comes in. 928 00:48:36,840 --> 00:48:39,480 And you can see the ministry begin to move. 929 00:48:40,579 --> 00:48:44,719 And I just had a, I don't know where it was today. 930 00:48:44,860 --> 00:48:45,760 I was looking at something 931 00:48:45,760 --> 00:48:47,960 and I just saw a little blurb about Benny Hinn 932 00:48:47,960 --> 00:48:49,159 and I thought, oh my gosh, 933 00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:51,360 there was a man that was used to God 934 00:48:51,360 --> 00:48:54,679 and here he is and so much compromise in his life now. 935 00:48:55,099 --> 00:48:56,699 It just made me feel bad. 936 00:48:57,219 --> 00:48:58,980 All right, don't try to control God. 937 00:48:59,219 --> 00:49:00,980 A young man ran out to tell Moses 938 00:49:00,980 --> 00:49:04,239 that L dad and me dad, what they were doing. 939 00:49:04,239 --> 00:49:06,920 Then Joshua, who had been Moses' helper 940 00:49:06,920 --> 00:49:08,980 since he was a young man spoke up and said, 941 00:49:09,239 --> 00:49:10,460 Moses, stop them, sir. 942 00:49:11,159 --> 00:49:13,780 And Moses answered, are you concerned about my interests? 943 00:49:14,420 --> 00:49:16,440 I wish that the Lord would give his spirit 944 00:49:16,440 --> 00:49:19,639 to all his people and make all of them shout like prophets. 945 00:49:20,639 --> 00:49:24,380 All right, always celebrate what God's doing 946 00:49:24,380 --> 00:49:26,179 in different and strange ways. 947 00:49:26,619 --> 00:49:28,559 Don't criticize for a moment 948 00:49:28,559 --> 00:49:31,280 because God may be doing something 949 00:49:31,280 --> 00:49:33,099 that you're not used to. 950 00:49:33,099 --> 00:49:35,059 Something different completely. 951 00:49:36,099 --> 00:49:38,300 Again, when we talk about revelation these days 952 00:49:38,300 --> 00:49:39,579 and we talk about restoration 953 00:49:39,579 --> 00:49:41,219 and we talk about the visitation, 954 00:49:42,019 --> 00:49:43,599 God's not going to visit his people 955 00:49:43,599 --> 00:49:44,920 like he did of the Jesus movement. 956 00:49:46,079 --> 00:49:48,519 I believe that he'll visit young people first. 957 00:49:49,079 --> 00:49:51,000 I believe that there will be an outpouring 958 00:49:51,000 --> 00:49:53,079 because that's what starts the crescendo 959 00:49:53,079 --> 00:49:55,699 but other than that, I have no preconceived ideas 960 00:49:55,699 --> 00:49:58,000 because God is a variable God 961 00:49:58,000 --> 00:50:00,559 when it comes to sharing what he wants to share. 962 00:50:01,079 --> 00:50:03,559 In Job 5.9 it says, he performs wonders 963 00:50:03,559 --> 00:50:06,260 that cannot be fathomed and miracles 964 00:50:06,260 --> 00:50:09,059 that cannot be counted, and that's us. 965 00:50:10,579 --> 00:50:11,940 Anointing should lead us to unity, 966 00:50:12,079 --> 00:50:14,320 not fear, division, or competition. 967 00:50:14,980 --> 00:50:16,800 The anointing in this case was prophecy 968 00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:18,539 of the individuals it would use 969 00:50:18,539 --> 00:50:22,239 to confirm the Lord leading these people 970 00:50:22,239 --> 00:50:23,820 to ministry, to be elders. 971 00:50:24,800 --> 00:50:27,380 And this experience should have caused division, 972 00:50:27,860 --> 00:50:28,920 could have caused division, 973 00:50:28,920 --> 00:50:32,019 but Moses, he interceded and his wisdom, 974 00:50:32,300 --> 00:50:34,559 he used it to affirm God's generosity 975 00:50:34,559 --> 00:50:37,179 and desire to empower many. 976 00:50:38,219 --> 00:50:42,179 So how do we reconcile our desire to control 977 00:50:42,179 --> 00:50:44,780 with God's claim to rule the nations? 978 00:50:45,780 --> 00:50:48,079 Is there a conflict going on the inside? 979 00:50:48,320 --> 00:50:49,519 Who is in control? 980 00:50:50,480 --> 00:50:53,380 And maybe I'm speaking to the congregation tonight. 981 00:50:53,980 --> 00:50:54,579 I don't know. 982 00:50:55,280 --> 00:50:56,699 You probably are here, you understand. 983 00:50:56,699 --> 00:50:58,840 Oh, Roger, you want to confess 984 00:50:58,840 --> 00:50:59,860 or you want to add something? 985 00:51:00,639 --> 00:51:01,340 Oh, okay. 986 00:51:01,840 --> 00:51:05,659 I'm just saying what we're controlling 987 00:51:05,659 --> 00:51:07,260 is delegated from God. 988 00:51:07,519 --> 00:51:10,679 Yes, and no more, right? 989 00:51:10,900 --> 00:51:11,260 That's right. 990 00:51:11,260 --> 00:51:12,139 We don't usurp our authority. 991 00:51:12,539 --> 00:51:12,960 That's right. 992 00:51:13,139 --> 00:51:14,500 Right, that's right. 993 00:51:14,960 --> 00:51:16,739 So we're part of God's control. 994 00:51:16,920 --> 00:51:19,000 Yes, under his control. 995 00:51:19,219 --> 00:51:19,760 Amen. 996 00:51:21,340 --> 00:51:21,679 Anyone else? 997 00:51:22,320 --> 00:51:23,519 All right, okay. 998 00:51:27,980 --> 00:51:30,760 All right, struggles of trust. 999 00:51:31,380 --> 00:51:32,719 We'll go through these things. 1000 00:51:34,340 --> 00:51:37,420 Israel's struggle between trusting God's provision 1001 00:51:37,420 --> 00:51:39,739 and succumbing to fleshly cravings. 1002 00:51:39,980 --> 00:51:43,019 The quail arrived, the people hoarded the quail, 1003 00:51:43,400 --> 00:51:45,539 they gorged themselves, God got angry 1004 00:51:45,539 --> 00:51:47,699 and he sent a plague and the people died. 1005 00:51:48,579 --> 00:51:51,159 Question, why did God get angry? 1006 00:51:52,340 --> 00:51:53,800 Why did he get angry? 1007 00:52:00,480 --> 00:52:04,079 A lack of gratitude? 1008 00:52:04,840 --> 00:52:07,199 Ah, they weren't grateful. 1009 00:52:08,340 --> 00:52:09,119 Give me more. 1010 00:52:09,960 --> 00:52:11,800 Let me stuff my mouth full of it. 1011 00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:12,539 Yeah, greed. 1012 00:52:13,000 --> 00:52:14,519 Greed, same thing. 1013 00:52:15,159 --> 00:52:17,260 Sister together, sister and brother together. 1014 00:52:18,059 --> 00:52:20,579 What should we be do but be humble servants 1015 00:52:20,579 --> 00:52:21,480 before the Lord? 1016 00:52:23,000 --> 00:52:28,320 If we're not, again, we receive ministry 1017 00:52:29,119 --> 00:52:32,119 but ministry can be taken away also. 1018 00:52:32,920 --> 00:52:36,659 Just remember that as you propagate the scriptures 1019 00:52:36,659 --> 00:52:38,659 as you seek God for your ministry, 1020 00:52:38,659 --> 00:52:41,179 it's something that we hold dearly 1021 00:52:41,179 --> 00:52:43,659 and part of that being able to hold it 1022 00:52:43,659 --> 00:52:46,659 is the humility that we have and the appreciation. 1023 00:52:47,500 --> 00:52:49,900 The reflex of a heart that is consumed 1024 00:52:49,900 --> 00:52:52,380 with greed and gratitude, we said that. 1025 00:52:53,159 --> 00:52:54,340 This is a stark warning. 1026 00:52:54,579 --> 00:52:56,139 It's allowing the earthly longings 1027 00:52:56,139 --> 00:53:00,159 and again to supersede dependence on God. 1028 00:53:00,719 --> 00:53:03,340 Human hearts can turn blessings into cursings. 1029 00:53:03,780 --> 00:53:04,579 We have seen that. 1030 00:53:06,500 --> 00:53:11,059 Persistent in gratitude provokes his righteous judgment. 1031 00:53:11,320 --> 00:53:11,860 We saw that. 1032 00:53:12,460 --> 00:53:15,099 God can turn a gift into judgment 1033 00:53:15,099 --> 00:53:19,219 when his provision is met with selfishness 1034 00:53:19,219 --> 00:53:20,960 in gratitude and pride. 1035 00:53:21,139 --> 00:53:24,440 So the question then is, in what areas of your life 1036 00:53:24,440 --> 00:53:28,739 do you find it hardest to trust him and surrender control? 1037 00:53:30,139 --> 00:53:30,480 Anything? 1038 00:53:31,219 --> 00:53:32,500 Ah, another confession? 1039 00:53:33,539 --> 00:53:34,360 All right, okay. 1040 00:53:34,980 --> 00:53:37,420 No, earlier in my life when I was young, 1041 00:53:37,880 --> 00:53:41,219 provision, it was very hard to trust 1042 00:53:41,219 --> 00:53:42,900 that he would provide. 1043 00:53:43,000 --> 00:53:43,719 In other words, you could do it. 1044 00:53:43,719 --> 00:53:45,019 You didn't need God's provision. 1045 00:53:46,139 --> 00:53:47,059 Yeah, yeah. 1046 00:53:47,059 --> 00:53:48,320 I can do it my way. 1047 00:53:49,019 --> 00:53:51,659 Did you sing that song Frank Sinatra used to sing? 1048 00:53:51,940 --> 00:53:53,699 I did it my way. 1049 00:53:58,220 --> 00:54:00,780 All right, so you repented from that. 1050 00:54:01,199 --> 00:54:02,139 Okay, good deal. 1051 00:54:02,500 --> 00:54:03,119 Anything else? 1052 00:54:04,820 --> 00:54:05,320 All right. 1053 00:54:08,519 --> 00:54:10,920 All right, we're about wrapping up here. 1054 00:54:11,219 --> 00:54:11,800 Another question. 1055 00:54:12,579 --> 00:54:15,880 How have past disappointments impacted your willingness 1056 00:54:15,880 --> 00:54:17,400 to rely on God's timing? 1057 00:54:20,900 --> 00:54:23,539 Sometimes when we are impatient 1058 00:54:24,320 --> 00:54:28,780 and we want now as the answer, Lord, now. 1059 00:54:29,460 --> 00:54:31,099 I need it, I demand it now. 1060 00:54:32,599 --> 00:54:35,400 You know, then I have a tendency in my own life 1061 00:54:35,400 --> 00:54:37,739 thinking that, okay, because the way 1062 00:54:37,739 --> 00:54:39,360 that I interacted with God, 1063 00:54:39,360 --> 00:54:41,579 he's just gonna withhold and see where that all goes. 1064 00:54:41,980 --> 00:54:42,940 Look at the heart. 1065 00:54:43,119 --> 00:54:44,059 What is in the heart? 1066 00:54:44,880 --> 00:54:46,079 All right, and the last question is, 1067 00:54:46,619 --> 00:54:50,340 what daily practices help you hand over control to God? 1068 00:54:52,440 --> 00:54:54,900 What practices do you do? 1069 00:54:55,860 --> 00:54:56,079 Dottie? 1070 00:54:58,119 --> 00:54:59,719 No, go ahead, that's fine. 1071 00:54:59,840 --> 00:55:02,719 No, I don't know if it's a practice or not, 1072 00:55:03,159 --> 00:55:05,480 but I have to, it's a discipline for me, 1073 00:55:05,840 --> 00:55:06,599 knowing myself. 1074 00:55:07,019 --> 00:55:08,940 I have to surrender to the Holy Spirit. 1075 00:55:09,579 --> 00:55:11,579 And let him take control of the day 1076 00:55:11,579 --> 00:55:13,260 and let him take control of the situations. 1077 00:55:14,000 --> 00:55:15,260 So now, let me go a little bit further. 1078 00:55:15,559 --> 00:55:18,099 What's the best time for you to do that, in the afternoon? 1079 00:55:18,500 --> 00:55:21,019 Oh no, top of the morning. 1080 00:55:21,159 --> 00:55:21,460 Good morning. 1081 00:55:21,860 --> 00:55:22,800 As I know myself. 1082 00:55:23,920 --> 00:55:28,059 You know, I'm more convinced because God got up before, 1083 00:55:28,199 --> 00:55:29,840 Jesus got up before sunset, 1084 00:55:30,440 --> 00:55:32,099 before sunrise and went out and prayed. 1085 00:55:32,639 --> 00:55:34,639 I am even more firming. 1086 00:55:34,860 --> 00:55:37,800 I mean, I'm telling my guys, my boys, three of them, 1087 00:55:37,800 --> 00:55:40,760 you know, the best time before you start to run a life, 1088 00:55:40,920 --> 00:55:43,840 and I mean, they're running 80 miles an hour, 1089 00:55:45,019 --> 00:55:48,099 give the Lord his due in the morning. 1090 00:55:48,800 --> 00:55:50,760 The morning, the morning, yeah, but. 1091 00:55:51,460 --> 00:55:56,659 So one guy, he gets up and he drives from Fairview Village 1092 00:55:56,659 --> 00:56:01,380 up to Bethlehem at the hospital that he works at. 1093 00:56:01,559 --> 00:56:02,400 So he has an hour. 1094 00:56:02,619 --> 00:56:05,099 He just used to do what I, or he does what I used to do. 1095 00:56:05,300 --> 00:56:07,539 I had an hour of cathedral time going up 1096 00:56:07,539 --> 00:56:09,659 and an hour of cathedral time coming home. 1097 00:56:10,099 --> 00:56:11,619 The other guys, not so much. 1098 00:56:12,940 --> 00:56:14,219 So what do you say about that? 1099 00:56:15,820 --> 00:56:18,000 There's not constraining, but what do you find? 1100 00:56:18,159 --> 00:56:19,159 I know you do morning. 1101 00:56:20,759 --> 00:56:22,980 So you do morning because you can't get, 1102 00:56:23,599 --> 00:56:24,840 all right, okay, that's good. 1103 00:56:25,760 --> 00:56:26,079 Morning. 1104 00:56:27,460 --> 00:56:28,760 Morning before I get out of bed. 1105 00:56:29,199 --> 00:56:29,800 All right, good. 1106 00:56:30,260 --> 00:56:31,780 Oh, okay, that's good. 1107 00:56:33,260 --> 00:56:33,980 Anyone else? 1108 00:56:34,920 --> 00:56:36,079 Want to bear their soul here? 1109 00:56:37,039 --> 00:56:37,219 Yes. 1110 00:56:39,660 --> 00:56:43,500 Well, I'll confess that I put my coffee on first. 1111 00:56:44,000 --> 00:56:44,800 Oh, I do that too. 1112 00:56:44,920 --> 00:56:47,800 Use the bathroom and then I read my scriptures 1113 00:56:48,360 --> 00:56:49,019 in the morning. 1114 00:56:50,099 --> 00:56:52,880 Okay, I will confess that's what I do too. 1115 00:56:55,260 --> 00:56:56,460 Coffee before the Lord. 1116 00:56:56,880 --> 00:56:59,119 Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. 1117 00:56:59,960 --> 00:57:02,719 All right, application for us today. 1118 00:57:03,380 --> 00:57:04,699 First, resist with faith. 1119 00:57:04,699 --> 00:57:06,260 Determine that you will yield. 1120 00:57:07,340 --> 00:57:11,480 Number two is redirect your longings toward eternal things. 1121 00:57:12,099 --> 00:57:15,300 And three, cultivate a posture of gratitude. 1122 00:57:15,659 --> 00:57:18,159 That's the way we come against our flesh. 1123 00:57:21,620 --> 00:57:23,239 I'm not gonna ask you these questions. 1124 00:57:25,219 --> 00:57:27,559 Chris says that it has to be one hour, 1125 00:57:27,679 --> 00:57:28,480 so now we're over. 1126 00:57:29,920 --> 00:57:30,920 I'll blame it on him. 1127 00:57:31,559 --> 00:57:36,539 How can we discern when a legitimate desire risks 1128 00:57:36,539 --> 00:57:40,840 becoming a craving that crowds out dependence on God? 1129 00:57:42,219 --> 00:57:43,380 How do we discern that? 1130 00:57:44,599 --> 00:57:46,719 I discern it, what you said, 1131 00:57:46,980 --> 00:57:49,179 I discern it because I know my pattern is this. 1132 00:57:49,500 --> 00:57:51,900 I get up, I go to the little boy's room, 1133 00:57:52,000 --> 00:57:54,420 I make the coffee, I sit down and then I start. 1134 00:57:54,940 --> 00:57:56,519 Well, if something comes up, 1135 00:57:57,460 --> 00:57:59,840 then I'm all messed up during the day 1136 00:57:59,840 --> 00:58:03,300 because you put that thing in there and then it goes on 1137 00:58:03,300 --> 00:58:05,539 and then Joni says, well, we haven't, we haven't. 1138 00:58:07,739 --> 00:58:09,760 Okay, or the phone rings. 1139 00:58:10,280 --> 00:58:11,599 I'll turn that off, okay. 1140 00:58:12,119 --> 00:58:13,599 Or something or other comes up. 1141 00:58:14,219 --> 00:58:16,699 Now, the only caveat is when we get up for prayer 1142 00:58:16,699 --> 00:58:19,280 on Wednesday with our ecumenical friends, 1143 00:58:20,659 --> 00:58:23,519 we put that aside and then we do it individually 1144 00:58:23,519 --> 00:58:25,059 during the process of the day. 1145 00:58:25,400 --> 00:58:28,019 But if I find I don't stick with that regime, 1146 00:58:28,920 --> 00:58:31,579 it's very hard to get back into that again 1147 00:58:31,579 --> 00:58:34,000 because that's the way that we do it. 1148 00:58:34,440 --> 00:58:36,800 And what does trusting God mean to you 1149 00:58:36,800 --> 00:58:39,519 in a practical, everyday term? 1150 00:58:39,800 --> 00:58:42,320 What does that mean, trusting God to you? 1151 00:58:43,340 --> 00:58:44,420 What's that look like? 1152 00:58:46,500 --> 00:58:47,320 Being content. 1153 00:58:47,920 --> 00:58:50,199 Okay, all right, that's good. 1154 00:58:50,619 --> 00:58:52,840 Godliness with contentment is a great game. 1155 00:58:53,059 --> 00:58:55,480 Just kind of saying, you know, it is what it is 1156 00:58:55,480 --> 00:59:00,380 and if this is what God wants, then it's fine, you know, at all. 1157 00:59:01,139 --> 00:59:03,300 Question, do you labor to enter into that 1158 00:59:03,300 --> 00:59:05,539 or does that now come natural in your Christian life? 1159 00:59:06,119 --> 00:59:07,659 I mean, I would say in general, 1160 00:59:07,800 --> 00:59:12,260 I don't really strive for like more of something. 1161 00:59:12,559 --> 00:59:14,360 You know, I just assume, you know, 1162 00:59:14,440 --> 00:59:16,260 God will open a door when it's time. 1163 00:59:16,880 --> 00:59:17,900 And if he doesn't, he doesn't. 1164 00:59:17,980 --> 00:59:21,300 Like, I don't like, like really press in, you know. 1165 00:59:21,420 --> 00:59:22,920 So maybe I should more times, 1166 00:59:23,079 --> 00:59:25,039 but I don't really like see something that like, 1167 00:59:25,039 --> 00:59:26,659 I gotta have like whatever, 1168 00:59:26,840 --> 00:59:30,139 whether it's a thing or an experience, 1169 00:59:30,139 --> 00:59:33,880 it's usually not like something that I just crave. 1170 00:59:34,280 --> 00:59:34,679 You know what I mean? 1171 00:59:34,840 --> 00:59:39,159 It's so, I mean, I'm not like, you know, promoting myself. 1172 00:59:39,360 --> 00:59:40,619 I just say, I don't really can't, 1173 00:59:40,699 --> 00:59:43,000 I can't resonate right now with that. 1174 00:59:43,639 --> 00:59:45,820 Ginger, hello there. 1175 00:59:47,440 --> 00:59:49,159 My other thing, but letting go of, 1176 00:59:49,239 --> 00:59:51,440 but trusting God means letting go of my will. 1177 00:59:52,199 --> 00:59:53,639 Yeah, not hard sometimes. 1178 00:59:53,639 --> 00:59:56,079 Yeah, yeah, it's like just. 1179 00:59:56,099 --> 00:59:56,840 How do you do that? 1180 00:59:57,920 --> 00:59:58,960 I don't wanna put you on the spot. 1181 01:00:00,119 --> 01:00:03,599 Well, it's always an inner battle of, 1182 01:00:03,599 --> 01:00:05,760 you know, kind of a type personality. 1183 01:00:06,159 --> 01:00:07,519 I can do things. 1184 01:00:07,539 --> 01:00:08,760 I can do it, right. 1185 01:00:09,280 --> 01:00:09,659 I can do it. 1186 01:00:10,000 --> 01:00:13,380 I, so letting go of the I, and it's hard. 1187 01:00:13,840 --> 01:00:15,420 It's a perennial struggle. 1188 01:00:15,860 --> 01:00:18,480 Well, we'll have alter call after we finish tonight. 1189 01:00:18,800 --> 01:00:19,420 No, I'm just kidding. 1190 01:00:21,299 --> 01:00:23,500 All right, let me hear anything. 1191 01:00:24,679 --> 01:00:25,860 No, all right, here we go. 1192 01:00:26,599 --> 01:00:28,699 For me, I think trusting God is not like, 1193 01:00:30,759 --> 01:00:32,280 you're gonna get everything you want. 1194 01:00:32,900 --> 01:00:34,500 Sometimes the God promises are reading 1195 01:00:34,500 --> 01:00:37,380 at mark number 30, just for instance, you know, 1196 01:00:37,440 --> 01:00:39,940 and if I give up on mark number 10, 1197 01:00:40,900 --> 01:00:42,639 this is like giving up so early. 1198 01:00:43,079 --> 01:00:45,400 So we gotta trust God for everything, you know, 1199 01:00:45,619 --> 01:00:47,320 it's like your life is dependent on it, yeah. 1200 01:00:48,500 --> 01:00:49,480 Yeah, yeah, no, that's good. 1201 01:00:50,180 --> 01:00:52,219 All right, Chris. 1202 01:00:52,539 --> 01:00:54,960 Like Roger was saying earlier, I do think like, 1203 01:00:55,639 --> 01:01:00,280 it is always like a struggle, like the balance between, 1204 01:01:01,420 --> 01:01:04,260 like you have responsibilities and you have to do them. 1205 01:01:04,480 --> 01:01:07,420 So it does require work, life is work. 1206 01:01:07,800 --> 01:01:10,980 So it's like, so that's where sometimes it's difficult 1207 01:01:10,980 --> 01:01:13,760 to like say like, what is my responsibility? 1208 01:01:13,760 --> 01:01:14,940 What's God's? 1209 01:01:15,460 --> 01:01:17,539 So you just do what you do every day 1210 01:01:17,539 --> 01:01:19,780 and God will either bless it or, 1211 01:01:20,099 --> 01:01:21,199 well, he's always blessing it, 1212 01:01:21,219 --> 01:01:23,000 but he'll either say, yeah, don't do that anymore, 1213 01:01:23,239 --> 01:01:26,619 do more of that, but it's just kind of that balance 1214 01:01:26,619 --> 01:01:32,440 of being active, you know, and trusting God, you know. 1215 01:01:33,659 --> 01:01:34,500 You wanna see something? 1216 01:01:35,420 --> 01:01:35,619 Yeah. 1217 01:01:38,260 --> 01:01:40,440 I'm really finding in my faith that 1218 01:01:42,300 --> 01:01:44,760 really trusting God is like trusting a person. 1219 01:01:45,179 --> 01:01:45,539 It is. 1220 01:01:45,539 --> 01:01:47,659 The more you know him, the more, you know, 1221 01:01:47,679 --> 01:01:50,760 what is character and it's just easier to trust him 1222 01:01:50,760 --> 01:01:52,260 the more you know in his ways. 1223 01:01:52,780 --> 01:01:54,199 Like Moses said, he knew his ways 1224 01:01:54,199 --> 01:01:56,300 and I can't say I know God's ways, 1225 01:01:56,440 --> 01:01:58,679 but I know in the word, the more I read the word, 1226 01:01:58,800 --> 01:02:00,699 the more I read the word, live in this life. 1227 01:02:01,320 --> 01:02:03,019 You know, just trusting him and who he is, 1228 01:02:03,079 --> 01:02:04,579 he's for us, he's not against us. 1229 01:02:05,079 --> 01:02:06,539 He really is, he loves us. 1230 01:02:07,300 --> 01:02:10,079 It's a shame we learn so late in life, isn't it? 1231 01:02:12,980 --> 01:02:15,000 I think I learned to trust in God 1232 01:02:15,000 --> 01:02:16,460 rather than trusting Ron. 1233 01:02:17,639 --> 01:02:20,460 I found that Ron doesn't know as much as he thought he did 1234 01:02:21,880 --> 01:02:25,780 and he gets behind the eight ball quite often. 1235 01:02:26,119 --> 01:02:28,400 So I really learned to trust in God 1236 01:02:29,199 --> 01:02:30,440 in just about everything. 1237 01:02:30,980 --> 01:02:34,280 When I come to decisions, I go to him. 1238 01:02:35,440 --> 01:02:37,780 He usually has, he always has the answer, 1239 01:02:37,960 --> 01:02:40,579 not usually, but he always has the answer. 1240 01:02:40,820 --> 01:02:42,679 When you were saying about I'm not as smart 1241 01:02:42,679 --> 01:02:43,519 as I thought I was, 1242 01:02:43,519 --> 01:02:45,320 your wife was back, it was going like this. 1243 01:02:45,659 --> 01:02:46,659 No, I, no. 1244 01:02:50,719 --> 01:02:56,019 Yeah, I was just gonna say that I think for me, 1245 01:02:56,920 --> 01:03:03,039 trusting God is, this is gonna sound really trite, 1246 01:03:03,480 --> 01:03:04,840 but it is a life of faith. 1247 01:03:06,840 --> 01:03:09,360 And you know, until you have the rug 1248 01:03:09,360 --> 01:03:11,340 really pulled out from under you, 1249 01:03:11,940 --> 01:03:15,059 you don't realize how much you're not trusting God. 1250 01:03:15,940 --> 01:03:17,760 Amen, I can tell you better than that. 1251 01:03:18,159 --> 01:03:20,539 And then when the rug gets pulled out, 1252 01:03:21,380 --> 01:03:23,960 the Lord and I have had minced a few words 1253 01:03:24,699 --> 01:03:28,199 and I have found out just how much I don't trust God. 1254 01:03:28,460 --> 01:03:30,739 But then you learn to walk in faith 1255 01:03:33,599 --> 01:03:38,159 and he can handle my anger and frustration 1256 01:03:38,159 --> 01:03:43,360 and my infantile walk, you know, 1257 01:03:43,579 --> 01:03:46,199 but that's, to me, that's what trusting God is. 1258 01:03:46,239 --> 01:03:48,820 It's just that life of faith of learning to walk with him. 1259 01:03:51,059 --> 01:03:53,860 Well, in order for me to have understanding 1260 01:03:53,860 --> 01:03:57,559 of what trusting God was after 15 years in the ministry, 1261 01:03:57,920 --> 01:03:59,659 the Lord pulled the rug out from underneath 1262 01:03:59,659 --> 01:04:01,780 and I ended up with nothing. 1263 01:04:02,500 --> 01:04:04,980 Most of you know the story, won't go there, too late. 1264 01:04:06,159 --> 01:04:09,099 I can say today that I know less about the Lord 1265 01:04:09,099 --> 01:04:12,500 than I did then, because I knew all the answers then. 1266 01:04:13,239 --> 01:04:17,840 Today, Lord, this is today, what's on your plate today? 1267 01:04:18,019 --> 01:04:20,800 That's all that I know is to be a servant for this day only. 1268 01:04:21,460 --> 01:04:25,139 Lord, look at this prayer, Psalm 73.20, Paul. 1269 01:04:26,119 --> 01:04:28,460 What else do I have in heaven but you? 1270 01:04:29,920 --> 01:04:33,780 And since I have you, what else could I want on earth? 1271 01:04:33,780 --> 01:04:36,159 Nothing, nothing at all. 1272 01:04:37,099 --> 01:04:39,980 Lord, we'd thank you tonight, precious Lord, 1273 01:04:41,019 --> 01:04:46,360 that by and large, those that it were within Earshod 1274 01:04:48,180 --> 01:04:54,340 have probably experienced most of what's been said tonight, 1275 01:04:54,800 --> 01:04:58,360 but it is a rehearsing once again 1276 01:04:59,140 --> 01:05:02,760 of your scripture to affirm in our hearts 1277 01:05:03,320 --> 01:05:07,559 that you are the life that we want and need. 1278 01:05:08,559 --> 01:05:13,360 And as this Psalm states, since I have you, Lord, 1279 01:05:13,719 --> 01:05:15,239 what else could I want on earth? 1280 01:05:15,900 --> 01:05:18,619 Father, we realize that we are passerby's, 1281 01:05:18,719 --> 01:05:20,840 we are pilgrims in this land, 1282 01:05:21,639 --> 01:05:23,880 and we are looking to go beyond 1283 01:05:24,680 --> 01:05:27,960 and spend eternity with you around your throne, 1284 01:05:30,679 --> 01:05:34,699 giving you the crowns that we may have received, 1285 01:05:35,699 --> 01:05:37,820 giving you our love, our praise, 1286 01:05:37,980 --> 01:05:39,880 and we thank you that we can do that, 1287 01:05:39,940 --> 01:05:41,840 and there is a confidence in our hearts 1288 01:05:41,840 --> 01:05:45,480 that when we leave this body, we will be with you. 1289 01:05:45,780 --> 01:05:47,739 And then we pray these things in your name, 1290 01:05:47,880 --> 01:05:49,599 and everybody said, amen. 1291 01:05:53,940 --> 01:05:56,760 Thanks for joining us at Lansdale Life Church 1292 01:05:56,760 --> 01:05:59,280 as we praise God and discuss his word. 1293 01:05:59,960 --> 01:06:03,019 Don't forget to join us for Worship Lives Sunday mornings 1294 01:06:03,019 --> 01:06:05,420 at 10 a.m. Eastern on YouTube. 1295 01:06:06,480 --> 01:06:08,519 Be blessed and have a great day.